MUSTARD SAUERKRAUT NO KETCHUP

Here, I was inspired by the colors in a video about a Queens hot dog vendor and the importance of supporting local small businesses. I created this loose watercolor sketch with a brown ink line, which I find warms and softens the image, and lends to the overall mustard-(no)-ketchup-sauerkraut-colored palette — and title! I love being a regular in an establishment where they know your order. That’s how Brooklyn used to be, before gentrification made shopping feel more transactional than communal.

I haven’t had a hot dog in many many years, but when I used to have them, this was my preferred way. Toast the bun, too, please.